Fun? No, it wasn’t fun and it wasn’t pretty. And on a night when bodies were flying hither and yon, and whistles might or might not have been blown, coach Nick Nurse wasn’t much worried about fun.
The win? Now that’s what mattered.
Giving as good as they got for most of the game and perplexed at critical junctures by fouls called or not called, the Raptors toughed out a big victory at Scotiabank Arena on Monday night, beating the undermanned Boston Celtics 115-112 in overtime.
Pascal Siakam had a season-high 40 points, and Gary Trent Jr.